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The Explorers: A Story of Fearless Outcasts, Blundering Geniuses, and Impossible Success

Martin Dugard · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Unlock your inner explorer in this riveting account of one of history's greatest adventures - and a study of the seven character traits all great explorers share.In 1856, two intrepid adventurers, Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke, set off to unravel a geographical unknown:...
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Radiant Landscapes: Transform Tiled Colors & Textures into Dramatic Quilts

Gloria Loughman · C&T Publishing
Format: Paperback

Light not only catches the eye, it can transform your work into something truly magical. With four inspiring projects to get you started, Gloria Loughman shows you how light can set a mood. You’ll get stunning results with her mosaic tile process for capturing the essence of natural...
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Wild, Beautiful Places: Picture-Perfect Journeys Around the Globe

National Geographic. · National Geographic Soc
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Experience the world's most wild, remote, beautiful places with shots by National Geographic photographers and vintage photos pulled from the National Geographic archives. Highlighting 50 of Earth's most pristine, scenic locales, this beautiful book is illustrated with stunning images,...
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Root to Leaf: A Southern Chef Cooks Through the Seasons

Steven Satterfield · HarperWave
Format: Hardcover

Eat More Vegetables.Chef of the award-winning Atlanta restaurant Miller Union, Steven Satterfield—dubbed the “Vegetable Shaman” by theNew York Times’ Sam Sifton—has enchanted diners with his vegetable dishes, capturing the essence of fresh produce through...
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The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die

Keith Payne · Viking
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"The Broken Ladder is an important, timely, and beautifully written account of how inequality affects us all." - Adam Alter, New York Times bestselling author of Irresistible and Drunk Tank PinkA timely examination by a leading scientist of the physical, psychological, and moral...
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Follow the Money: A Month in the Life of a Ten-Dollar Bill

Steve Boggan · Aurum Press Ltd; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

What do you do if you want to really understand a country, to understand its people and feel its heartbeat? You can follow the rest of the tourists, or you can take the advice of Watergate reporter Bob Woodward's source, 'Deep Throat', and 'follow the money.'Starting...
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John Wilkes Booth: Beyond the Grave

W.C. Jameson · Taylor Trade Publishing
Format: Book

Leading the reader through a series of amazing coincidences and details, this book presents startling evidence that John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln, was never captured but escaped to live for decades, continue his acting career, marry, and have children. Compelling...
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Tantrums!: Managing Meltdowns in Public and Private

Thomas W. Phelan · Parentmagic, Inc.
Format: Book

A straightforward approach to managing tantrums.   Noting that of all the behavioral problems parents face from their children, temper tantrums may be the most upsetting, this handbook arms confused and frustrated parents with simple, easy-to-follow directions on how to best manage the problem...
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Windows 10 Simplified

Paul McFedries · Visual
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Learn Windows 10 quickly and painlessly with this beginner's guide Windows 10 Simplified is your absolute beginner's guide to the ins and outs of Windows. Fully updated to cover Windows 10, this highly visual guide covers all the new features in addition to the basics, giving you a one-stop...
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Knitting with Icelandic Wool

Vedis Jonsdottir · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover

One of the best known types of yarn Icelandic wool or Lopi is used to make sweaters that have a long-lasting and classic appealThis pure wool yarn is lighter warmer and more water-resistant than yarnsfrom elsewhere as the long-coated native Icelandic sheep have developed over time to ensure...
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On Bowie

Rob Sheffield · Dey Street Books
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

From the New York Times bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape, a thoughtful and loving meditation on the life of the late David Bowie that explores his creative legacy and the enduring and mutual connection he enjoyed with his fansInnovative. Pioneering. Brave. Until his death in January...
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The Prince of Medicine: Galen in the Roman Empire

Susan P. Mattern · Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Galen of Pergamum (A.D. 129 - ca. 216) began his remarkable career tending to wounded gladiators in provincial Asia Minor. Later in life he achieved great distinction as one of a small circle of court physicians to the family of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, at the very heart of Roman society....
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A Fine Mess: A Global Quest for a Simpler, Fairer, and More Efficient Tax System

T R REID · PENGUIN Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Bestselling author T. R. Reid voyages around the world to solve the urgent problem of America's failing tax code, unraveling a complex topic in plain English and telling a rollicking story along the way.The U.S. tax code is a total write-off. Overstuffed with loopholes and special interest...
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Red Nile: A Biography of the World's Greatest River

Robert Twigger · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

From religion, to language, to the stories rooted in our faith and history books, the Nile River has proven to be a constant fixture in mankind’s tales. In this dazzling, idiosyncratic journey from ancient times to the Arab Spring, Red Nile navigates a meandering course through...
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How to Do Everything: Pages, Keynote & Numbers for OS X and iOS

Dwight Spivey · McGraw-Hill Education; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Maximize your productivity--the Apple way! Get the most out of the iWork suite of apps on a Mac, an iOS device, and in iCloud. How to Do Everything Pages, Keynote Numbers for OS X and iOS shows you how to create great-looking documents, persuasive presentations, and number-crunching spreadsheets....
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